Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-08-26
SACRAMENTO COUNTY.
"THE GOOD TIME Is COMING, 1T
Is ALMOST HERE"
Granger, Who Knows What He
Is Talking About.

The word boom is exceedingly oblec
tionable to some, and whenever they hear
it used they remark: "Oh give us q
there is any active business in Los Angeles
and scout the idea of sudden apprecia.
ton of real estate values in San Jose. The
q boom is here, whether those obstruc.
tionists desire it or not, and if they are not
on the alert they will be trodden under foot
by the vast army of men now invading the
State and seeking for investments. That
Sacramento should be in the wake of the
boom, instead of the lead is attributable
in large measure to this class of her citi-
zens, who it would seem are in the major
lty here, and are not willing to believe what
is daily being proven to be veritable fact,
that the values they place upon real estate
is far below what it is actually worth.
A representative Granger q gentleman
who has resided in Sacramento county for
upwards OF thirty years, said to RECORD
UNION reporter yesterday 4" have been in
every portion of this State, from San Diego
to Siskiy0u. ] am thoroughly posted upon
the soil and climate of every secuon of
California. l know the character and
value of their products their accessibility
to markets, and say it not boastingly, not
merely to blow about my own section,
but because ii is fact indisputable, that
Sacramento county to-day is
THE GARDEN SPOT OF THE PACIFIC COAST,
A fact that l can demonstrate to any man
IN fifteen minutes and if he will 90 with
me three days on tour of inspection,
will show him that words cannot describe
the superiority of our claim for that proud
distinction. No man who pretends to
know anything about horticulture, viii
culture or agriculture will for a moment
deny that the finest arabic lands in any
part of the world are found along the
banks and adjacent to water-courses. Show
me the county in this State that can boast
OF even two rivers, while Sacramento has
four. Take the Sacramento river. 1t runs
along her entire western border, lines of
steamers ply her waters, and products
banked at any point along its course have
cheap transportation to market. Speaking
OF the Sacramento river, l would like TO
have those who are going wild over South
ern California soil to ride with me along
the banks of this river from the Capital
City to the southern boundary of the
county. The river is skirted with broad,
strong levee sown to alfalfa, green the year
round, grown up thickly with large, wide
spreading oaks. On top of this levee, for
the entire distance, is broad roadway, and
a more
DELIGHTFUL AND PICTURESQUE
Drive is not to be found in the State. On
your right is the Sacramento river, broad
and deep; on your left, thirty miles of con-
tinuous orchard. In all this distance there
is not a rods space between orchards.
They are simply divided by fences, and at a
short distance this mark of ownership is
entirely lost to vision, and leads the sight
seer to imagine that it is one vast estate.
Every quarter or half mile are noticed fine
mansions, the country seats of industrious
orchardists who have grown wealthy from
the annual crops of deciduous fruits. This
strip of land extends back from the river
distances ranging from quarter of
a mile to mile and half
Then | would take him to the Pierson Dis
trict, which at one time was subject to over
flows. Here l will show him 10000 acres
of land permanently reclaimed. Around
it is a levee 20 feet in hight, with long,
sloping Sides its top roadway wide enough
for three teams to drive abreast. This land
has no superior anywhere. The owners
have expended vast amount in its re-
clamation, and the drainage system is
something to interest the attention OF the
greatest of engineers. Drainage canals are
dug at regular intervals, which
CONDUCT ALL sEEPAGE WATER
To a point at the southern end of the levee,
where it is thrown out by powerful COM
bination of pumps run by stationary en-
gines. No matter how high the waters in
the river may rise, the seepage by this drain
age system is always kept two feet below
the surface. There is no limit to the
capacity of the pumps. There is no more
productive soil found on the face of the
earth, and as to the value of the land, it
should rate higher than that OF any other
section. Then | would take him along the
valleys and lowlands of the Moquelumne
and Costumes, two rivers which have i'm
mense fertile lands on either side. Then,
ileshowing him river lands, / would cross
over to the American, which coming down
from the Sierras crosses the northern por-
ton of the county. | would show him the
hop lands of Menke, Rooney, earle &
Croly and others, the magnificent $500
acre vineyard of the Natoma Water Com
pany, the profitable and productive or
chards of r. d. Stephens, J. Reuter- and
others, and ask him if in all his travels he
ever saw anything that compared with
them? The Sacramento Valley Railroad
running through them, every farm a ship
ping point Tor Its own products,
EVERY MAN HIS OWN SHIPPER,
A cash market at his door. Then / would
take him across-lots again, and show him
the country lying between the rivers, stud
ded with farm houses, and as yet only
partially put out 10 fruit. | would show
him what can be done by windmill irri-
CATION and then direct his attention to
the fact that with small outlay Of money
This eDtira aepfioD pan no nnUarn6 Will frri-
cation canals from the never-failing supply
of water in the American. Then / would
call his attention to the fact that | had
shown him the largest hop yards in the
State and by far the most profitable. The
largest continuous orchards in the world
A vineyard in size second only to that of
Vina, and which at no distant day will con-
tain 10000 acres. Fruit for size, color and
excellence of taste has a worldwide reputa-
ton; a section whose facilities for export,
both by rail and water, is superior to that of
any other. / would then sit down and do
little figuring with him and demonstrate
the fact that these lands are more profitable
than those of Southern California, because
of their greater variety of products, the
larger yields per acre, and their better and
cheaper marketing facilities. Having done
This, | would then call his attention to the
fact that land in this section can now be
bought at reasonable price-a value that
in short time must double and quadruple
itself. Here he finds city that enjoys, and
always will. the name of being
THE NATURAL COMMERCIAL CENTER OF THE
STATE,
A climate that has no superior educational
facilities equal to the best. This boom is
not chimerical. The lands in the south
are high; they will go higher. Real estate
IN San Jose has only commenced going up
| it will still advance. The wave is at our
feet, we begin to feel its first ripple, another
| week will bring wavelet, and ere many
| days Sacramento, as it is destined TO be
will be riding on the crest of an
immense wave of prosperity. We
have the soil, climate and location, and
those in the market to buy will not be long
in ascertaining that fact Why, only this
| morning VIM. Curtis sold the old Louisiana
race-track property, a couple of miles south
of the city, for 49, 900. 1t contains 1SC
acres, and year ago was valued at $40, 900
Other similar sales are reported Oh every
hand. One real estate firm in this city
sold eighteen pieces of property this morn
| ing before IL o'clock, and all the other rea
estate agents are doing as well. All sale
are at greatly advanced prices. Hon. T.
| Clunie, who owns a block between an(
| @, Twenty-second and Twenty third streets
said in an uptown hotel last night that b,
would take s. 900 for it. ]. W. Wilson